RAP 79

1) Nitrates in Right-Sided MIs

Review Summary

  • Source: REBEL EM
  • Author: Salim Rezaie, MD
  • Reviewer: Eugene Ng, MD
3
/ 7
BEEM Rater Scale
2
/ 7
Educational Utility
4
/ 7
Evidence Based Medicine

Takeaway

Nitrites probably have no clinically significant adverse effect on RV MI’s; however, more data is needed.

2) Early and Empirical High-Dose Cryoprecipitate for Hemorrhage After Traumatic Injury

Review Summary

  • Source: The Bottom Line
  • Author: Celia Bradford
  • Reviewer: Autumn Ties, MD
4
/ 7
BEEM Rater Scale
5
/ 7
Educational Utility
5
/ 7
Evidence Based Medicine

Takeaway

Giving empiric cryoprecipitate in traumatic patients requiring massive transfusion protocol does not change mortality. 

3) Disparities Associated With Electronic Behavioral Alerts for Safety and Violence Concerns in the Emergency Department

Review Summary

  • Source: Annals of EM
  • Author: Adrian D. Haimovich, MD, PhD, et al.
  • Reviewer: Tatiana Griffith, MD
3
/ 7
BEEM Rater Scale
4
/ 7
Educational Utility
6
/ 7
Evidence Based Medicine

Takeaway

Marginalized populations that present to the ED are at a higher risk of having an ED electronic behavioral alert.

4) Is Artificial Intelligence Ready to Take Over Triage?

Review Summary

  • Source: Annals of EM
  • Author: Nasser, et al.
  • Reviewer: Stella Duong, MD
3
/ 7
BEEM Rater Scale
2
/ 7
Educational Utility
5
/ 7
Evidence Based Medicine

5) Finding the Foliage in Forest Plots: Vertigo Management

Review Summary

  • Source: Annals of EM
  • Author: Brendon Freeman, DO
  • Reviewer: Ashley TeKippe, MD CAQ
4
/ 7
BEEM Rater Scale
4
/ 7
Educational Utility
6
/ 7
Evidence Based Medicine

Takeaway

A systematic review and meta-analysis shows strong arguments for use of antihistamines over benzodiazepines for treatment of vertigo, as demonstrated in forest plots.